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Coke's taking a hard look at bringing cannabis-infused drinks to the market. It was leaked this week that Coca-Cola is in talks with a Canadian cannabis company to infuse drinks with CBD, cannabidiol, which is considered a health additive, but without the ingredient that will get you stoned. Coke calls it "non-psychoactive CBD," which has anti-inflammatory uses and is legal in the US. But it’s still an extraction from either marijuana or hemp which both remain illegal at the federal level.

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The latest Carroll Poll, conducted on June 15 and 16, asked likely voters (those who voted in the last two general elections) who they will vote for in the November 2018 General Election. The sample size for this poll was 1199 registered voters. It was balanced by Congressional District, party affiliation, gender, and age. The margin of error was plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.

The results below are cumulative responses from a statewide sample. However, the responses from the U.S. Congressional races were taken from respondents within their respective districts.

51.4% agreed with the Supreme Court’s decision to allow states to legalize sports betting.

36.6% said the New Mexico state legislature should legalize sports betting, while 48.1% said it should not.

Only 16.4% said they would participate in sports betting if it was legalized.

We asked respondents what level of sports they believe should be included in legalized sports betting:

55.9% said betting on professional sports is acceptable, 44.1% said it’s not acceptable.

25.6% said that betting on college sports is acceptable, 74.4% said it’s not acceptable.

11.1% said that betting on high school sports is acceptable, 88.9% said it’s not acceptable.

32.1% believe that betting on local teams, such as the Lobos, should be allowed, 59% said it should not be allowed.

64.8% said that if it's legal, sports betting should take place in existing gaming facilities like casinos and racetracks.

25.4% said that if it's legal, sports betting should be allowed in privately run businesses, while 74.6% disagreed.

37.3% said that if it's legal, sports betting should allowed in state-run facilities, 62.7% disagreed.

31.9% have been to a New Mexico racetrack or casino in the last year, 68.1% have not.

If sports betting was legalized in New Mexico, only 22.1% would go to the racetracks or casinos more often. 78% either don’t gamble at all or wouldn’t alter their gaming habits because of legalized sports betting.